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Code Corner: Bracket Matching

By Michael
on August 6, 2020

Problem Given a string with brackets check to see if the brackets are properly nested. Source Example [] = return 1 () => 1...

Code Corner: Max of 3

By Michael
on August 5, 2020

Problem Given an n-length Array of integers ranging from -1000 to 1000 find the largest product of three numbers in A that you can...

Code Corner: 1-minute rule

By Michael
on August 4, 2020

So today’s task was so easy I’m going to do another one because I solved it way too fast. It’s really not that hard...

August Plan

By Michael
on August 3, 2020

My first-month update post. Here I’m going to list some things going on in my life and some of my plans for the coming...

Code Corner: More Array Hijinks

By Michael
on August 3, 2020

Problem We have another array operations question. This time we are given two inputs, a number n and a 2d array of operations. Each...

Code Corner: Counting Operations

By Michael
on July 31, 2020

Problem Codility MaxCounters We are given a number n and an array A of length m where each value in A is less than...

Evolution of Code Style

By Michael
on July 30, 2020

When I started programming I developed a particular code style. This style was defined by how I structure my code, how I name things...

Code Corner: Missing Number

By Michael
on July 30, 2020

Problem Source: Codility Given an array A of length n filled with integers find the smallest missing positive number. Example: [4,8,1,3,2] => 5 [1,2]...

Code Corner: Long Factorials

By Michael
on July 29, 2020

Long Factorials Calculating the factorials is one of the most basic algorithms out there. It’s so basic it’s actually used to teach a harder...

Code Corner: Permutation Check

By Michael
on July 28, 2020

The problem: We are doing a permutation check. Given a list A with n elements and the task is to determine if A is...